Slim Aarons made his name photographing the international elite in their exclusive playgrounds during the jet-set decades of the '50s, '60s, and '70s, carrying out his self-described mission: to document "attractive people doing attractive things in attractive places." Slim started his career in the army as a photographer during WWII. His long out of print book, A Wonderful Time, can fetch well over $1000 per copy, if you can find one for sale. One of his most iconic photos, shown above, is the 1955 shot of fashion icon and socialite C.Z. (Mrs. Winston) Guest poolside with her son in Palm Beach.
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